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Free plug for Ruben
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any topic + RbnJrg site:mobileread.com
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lol, yes... all of the cool people are trustworthy.
And over the past few years, RbnJrg been getting quite a bit better at marking when things work in EPUB (which ADE he's tested on) + where they won't work in KF8/MOBI.
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Originally Posted by Dabcar
I quickly realised how much bloated code is produced by InDesign, so I have stripped almost everything out and used the approach you have indicated. The only real styling is in some of the headings, which need differentiating.
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Looks like I've still got quite a bit to learn!
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KISS, and you'll be fine.
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Originally Posted by Dabcar
As for Blitz, I only looked into it because Laura Brady of EPUB Secrets recommended it.
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Just keep in mind, it's a lot of InDesign + iBooks-focused stuff... so take a lot of that advice with a big grain of salt.
(And if you thought that InDesign code in that topic above looked bad... woowee, you should look at InDesign's Fixed Layout code! Every, single, word, is wrapped in a span about a mile long and absolutely positioned.)
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Originally Posted by Dabcar
However, one of the indexes uses three levels, so I'm a bit concerned about that (it took forever to recode from InDesign's bloat, and includes two html pages because it is two large)
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Regular Expressions are your best friend.
And if you're the one in charge of designing the book in InDesign, definitely learn how to use Styles. It'll make your life (plus code cleanup) SO much easier.